According to preliminary data from the parliamentary elections in Turkey, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won only 41.9% of the votes. This means that it is necessary to create a coalition government, which will include representatives of any party that is ready to join the AKP in parliament.
According to Trend and the preliminary data, the AKP's main competitor, the People's Republican Party, managed to receive 25.1% of the votes. The Nationalist Movement Party received 16.8%, the Democratic Peoples' Party - 11.7%. Other parties that participated in the elections took 4.5% of the votes cast.
Political analyst Hussein Altynalan, in a conversation with Vestnik Kavkaza before the elections, noted that the Democratic Peoples' Party is the most likely coalition partner for the AKP because of conflicts with other opposition parties. It was provided entry to the parliament by means of its pro-Kurdish activity, as the politicized Kurdish regions in south-eastern Turkey voted for it. "Large-scale propaganda in favor of the Democratic Peoples' Party, which lobbies its interests through its media resources – the major media holding of the Dogan company. But I do not think that the AKP will lose a lot of votes in these elections," Altynalan pointed out.
Another analyst, Ahmet Simsek, said that before the elections there was a plan: to join about 40 Kurdish deputies from the AKP to the Democratic Peoples' Party, if it manages to enter the Parliament in order to weaken the Justice and Development Party and "and plunge the country into stagnation with different coalition governments." Simsek noted that such a purpose is pursued by the West, which prevents Turkey from becoming a presidential republic.
"The parliamentary system means that most of all the important decisions must be taken by a coalition. This is not acceptable for a country and its people with such a history and traditions as the Turks have. History shows that all the important events in the life of the country have been implemented at a time when one party dominated. Coalitions have always brought chaos and disorder, which prevented the country from developing,’’ the expert concluded.
